ILLINOIS 


III  I/I 


State  Examining  Board 


RULES,  REGULATIONS  AND  PROGRAM 
OF  Examinations  for  County 
Certificates 


OCTOBER,  1919 

[Printed  by  authority  of  the  State  of  Illinois.] 


ScHNEPP  &  Barnes,  Printers 
Springfield.  III. 

1919. 


26584— 20M. 


ILLINOIS  STATE  EXAMINING  BOARD 


FRANCIS  G.  BLAIR 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
Chairman 

I.  M.  ALLEN 
Springfield 

JOHN  E.  CROSS 

Superintendent  Ogle  County  Schools, 
Oregon 


B.  C.  MOORE 

Superintendent  McLean  County  Schools, 
Bloomington 

HUGH  S.  McCREA 

Superintendent  Madison  County  Schools, 
Edwardsville 

A.  L.  WHITTENBERG 

Secretary,  Office  Supt.  Public 
Instruction. 


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Examination  for  County  Certificates 

OCTOBER,  1919 


RULES— REGULATIONS— PROGRAM 

The  examination  shall  be  held  by  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools  at  the  county  seat  of  each'  county  in  the  State  except  Cook 
County. 

1.  On  the  first  day,  tne  examination  shall  open  at  « :50  a.  m.  and 
close  at  5  :45  p.  ni. ;  on  the  second  day,  the  examination  shall  open  at 
8  :00  a.  m.  and  close  at  5  :45  p.  m.  A  noon  period  of  one  hour  shall  be 
given  between  the  hours  of  12  :00  noon  and  p.  m. 

2.  Each  applicant  shall  decide  on  his  or  her  form  of  signature 
and  shall  use  that  one  on  all  blanks.  Applicants  whose  names  have 
been  changed  by  marriage  since  the  last  examination  shall  in  addition 
give  their  maiden  name,  thus :  Mrs.  J.  K.  Smith,  nee  Anna  Miller. 

3.  If  an  applicant  desires  his  certificate  issued  in  any  county  other 

than  the  one  in  which  this  examination  is  taken  he  shall  indicate  that 
fact  at  the  bottom  of  the  application  blank,  thus:  (I  desire  my  cer¬ 
tificate  issued  in . county.) 

4.  Each  applicant  shall  fill  out  two  application  blanks  before 
beginning  to  write  on  the  examination. 

5.  The  county  superintendent  shall  collect  the  required  fee  of  one 
dollar  for  the  examination. 

6.  After  filling  out  the  application  blank,  the  applicant  shall  sub¬ 
mit  the  blank  to  the  county  superintendent  or  person  conducting  the 
examination  who  shall  examine  it  very  carefully.  If  it  is  properly 
made  out,  the  county  superintendent  or  person  conducting  the  exami¬ 
nation  shall  then  give  the  questions  and  the  necessary  supplies  together 
with  a  serial  number  which  shall  be  placed  on  each  and  every 
sheet  of  the  applicant’s  manuscript  in  the  following  manner: 

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7.  The  questions  for  each  half-day  are  enclosed  in  a  sealed  en¬ 
velope.  They  shall  be  opened  by  the  county  superintendent  in  the 
presence  of  the  applicants  at  the  beginning  of  such  half-day  session. 

8.  The  assigned  application  number  must  be  written  in  the 
proper  place. 

9.  The  answers  shall  be  written  upon  one  side  of  the  paper  only. 

11.  Answers  shall  be  numbered  with  Roman  numerals  in  the 
middle  of  the  page. 

12.  All  manuscripts  shall  be  written  with  pen  and  ink. 

13.  Each  applicant  shall,  if  possible,  have  a  separate  desk. 

14.  No  communication  between  applicants  shall  be  allowed. 
Any  such  communication  shall  invalidate  the  applicant’s  examina¬ 
tion. 


No  explanation  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  question  shall  be  given. 
The  proper  interpretation  of  the  questions  is  a  part  of  the  examination. 

15.  Subjects  shall  be  given  at  the  time  and  in  the  order  desig¬ 
nated  in  the  program. 

16.  Applicants  who  have  completed  the  work  of  a  session  shall 
be  excused. 


17.  No  undue  amount  of  time  should  be  given  any  one  subject. 

18.  Do  not  fold  papers.  Be  sure  that  the  application  number  is 
on  each  sheet  before  handing  papers  to  county  superintendent. 

19.  (a)  Elementary :  Applicants  for  elementary  certificates  of 
the  second  grade  or  first  grade  shall  write  on  any  six  of  the  eight 
questions  submitted.  If  more  than  six  questions  are  answered,  credit 
will  be  given  only  on  the  first  six  discussed  by  the  applicant. 

(5)  High  Schools:  For  a  high  school  certificate  any  five  of 
questions  1  to  6  inclusive  shall  be  answered  for  a  minor  subject  and 
any  eight  of  questions  1  to  10  inclusive  shall  be  answered  for  a  major 
subject. 

(c)  Kindergarten  -  Primary :  Applicants  for  kindergarten-pri¬ 
mary  certificate  are  required  to  write  on  English  and  theory  and  prac¬ 
tice.  Eight  of  the  ten  questions  submitted  are  required  in  each  subject. 

{d)  Special:  Applicants  for  special  certificate  are  required  to 
write  on  English,  pedagogy  and  on  the  special  subject  or  subjects 
which  they  desire  named  in  the  certificate.  Eight  of  the  ten  questions 
submitted  are  required  in  each  subject. 

{e)  Supervisory :  Applicants  for  supervisory  certificate  are  re¬ 
quired  to  write  on  English,  educational  pscychology,  history  of  educa¬ 
tion  and  school  administration.  Eight  of  the  ten  questions  submitted 
are  required  in  each  subject. 

(/)  Examinations  for  kindergarten-primary,  high  school,  special 
and  supervisory  certificates  will  be  offered  in  the  July  and  Noveniber 
examinations  but  not  in  the  March  examination.  The  March  examina¬ 
tion  will  be  confined  to  elementary  certificates  only. 

20.  A  general  average  of  75,  with  a  minimum  of  60,  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  for  a  second  grade  elementary  certificate. 


A  general  average  of  80,  with  a  minimum  of  60,  shall  be  required 
for  a  first  grade  elementary  certificate. 

The  same  general  average  and  minimum  shall  be  required  for  a 
high  school,  a  supervisory,  a  kindergarten-primary  and  a  specal  cer¬ 
tificate  as  are  required  for  a  first  grade  elementary  certificate. 

21.  If  an  applicant  applies  for  a  first  grade  certificate  and  fails 
on  the  general  average,  he  may  receive  a  second  grade  certificate,  pro¬ 
vided  his  general  average  is  not  below  75  per  cent. 

22.  A  grade  acquired  in  any  subject  or  subjects  equal  to  or 
higher  than  the  general  average  required  for  the  certificate  applied 
for  shall  be  valid  for  and  accepted  in  the  next  two  subsequent  exami¬ 
nations.  A  fee  of  one  dollar  shall  be  charged  for  each  such  or  other 
subsequent  examination. 

23.  The  holder  of  a  second  grade  elementary  certificate  who  has 
had  two  years  of  successful  experience  in  teaching  and  professional 
growth,  certified  to  by  the  county  superintendent  in  whose  county  the 
teaching  was  done,  and  who  applies  for  a  first  grade  elementary  cer¬ 
tificate  by  examination,  may  receive  credit  in  such  examination  for 
such  subjects  as  are  required  for  a  second  grade  certificate,  provided 
the  applicant  is  a  high  school  graduate  as  required  by  Rule  27,  or, 
has  proven  an  equivalent  preparation,  or,  has  offered  a  satisfac¬ 
tory  substitute  for  high  school  graduation  as  provided  in  Section 
12  of  the  law  and  by  Rule  33  of  the  Examining  Board.  The  subjects 
required  are  English,  algebra,  general  history,  and  any  three  of  the 
five  sciences  listed  in  column  3  of  the  program  of  examinations. 

24.  At  the  time  fixed  in  the  program  for  closing  of  each  half¬ 
day  session,  all  papers  written  during  that  session  shall  be  collected 
by  the  county  superintendent  or  the  person  conducting  the  examination, 
arranged  by  subjects  and  enclosed  and  sealed  in  envelopes  addressed 
to  the  Examining  Board. 

25.  Any  applicant  who  is  17  years  of  age  or  over,  is  eligible  to 
enter  the  examination  so  far  as  age  is  concerned.  No  certificate  shall 
be  issued  until  the  applicant  has  attained  the  age  of  18  years. 

26.  Second  Grade  Certificates:  To  be  admitted  to  the  ex¬ 
amination  for  second  grade  certificate,  the  applicant  must  present  evi¬ 
dence  of  graduation  from  a  recognized  two  year  high  school  or  an 
equivalent  preparation.  Eight  units  of  secondary  education  earned  in 
any  recognized  high  school  or  academy  will  be  accepted  as  an  equiv¬ 
alent  of  graduation  from  a  recognized  two  year  high  school.  Appli¬ 
cants  are  required  to  file  the  names  of  three  competent  references  as 
to  character. 

Provisional  Certificates:  A  provisional  certificate  is  valid  for 
one  year  for  teaching  in  the  first  eight  grades  of  the  common  schools. 
It  is  not  renewable  and  cannot  be  issued  a  second  time  to  the  same 
person.  At  the  option  of  the  county  superintendent  it  may  be  issued 
to  persons  who  have  failed  in  the  examination  for  a  second  grade  ex¬ 
amination  after  July  1,  1919. 

27.  First  Grade  Certificates:  To  be  admitted  to  the  exam¬ 
ination  for  a  first  grade  certificate  the  applicant  must  be  of  lawful  age 


and  must  present  evidence  of  graduation  from  a  recognized  four  year 
high  school  or  equivalent  preparation  and  six  months  of  successful 
teaching  and  file  the  names  of  three  competent  references  as  to  char¬ 
acter. 

28.  High  School  Certificates:  To  be  admitted  to  the  exam¬ 
ination  for  a  high  school  certificate  an  applicant  must  present  a  cer¬ 
tificate  signed  by  the  President  and  Registrar  showing  the  completion 
of  two  years’  successful  work  in  a  recognized  higher  institution  in 
which  the  following  credits  have  been  earned : 


English  .  6  semester  hours 

Educational  Psycholog-y .  3  semester  hours 

Principles  and  Methods  of  Teaching  (Pedagogy) .  3  semester  hours 

Electives  . 48  semester  hours 


Total  . 60  semester  hours 


The  applicant  shall  sustain  an  examination  in  English  and  peda¬ 
gogy  and  in  six  high  school  subjects,  three  majors  and  three  minors, 
chosen  as  follows;  one  subject  from  each  of  the  following  groups: 
(1)  Mathematics,  (2)  History,  (3)  Science,  (4)  Language  or  Litera¬ 
ture  and  two  other  subjects  chosen  from  the  list  of  high  school  sub¬ 
jects  printed  in  the  program  of  examinations  found  elsewhere  in  this 
circular. 

29.  Supervisory  Certificates:  A  supervisory  certificate  can 
not  be  granted  without  an  examination  in  English,  educational  psychol¬ 
ogy,  history  of  education  and  school  administration. 

Two  classes  of  applicants  may  be  admitted  to  this  examination: 

(1)  Those  who  have  completed  the  course  of  a  recognized  normal 
school  and  have  taught  or  supervised  successfully  for  two  years. 

(2)  Those  who  have  completed  two  years  of  work  in  a  recognized 
higher  institution,  one  of  which  is  in  a  normal  school  or  an  equivalent 
preparation,  and  who  have  taught  or  supervised  successfully  for  two  years. 

30.  Kindergarten-Primary  Certificates:  Applicants  may  be 
admitted  to  the  examination  for  a  kindergarten-primary  certificate  by 
presenting  evidence  of  graduation  from  a  recognized  four-year  high 
school.  The  subjects  in  which  they  shall  be  examined  are  English  and 
the  theory  and  practice  of  kindergarten  and  primary  work. 

31.  Special  Certificates:  Two  classes  of  applicants  may  be 
admitted  to  this  examination : 

(1)  Those  who  present  evidence  of  a  graduation  from  a  reco^ized 
four-year  high  school  and  who  present  a  certificate  showing  the  completion  in 
a  recognized  higher  institution  of  at  least  two  years  of  special  training  in  the 
subjects  which  they  propose  to  teach.  Such  applicants  must  pass  an  examina¬ 
tion  in  English  and  the  principles  and  methods  of  teaching. 

(2)  Those  who  are  graduates  of  a  recognized  four-year  high  school  and 
who  present  evidence  that  they  have  taught  or  can  teach  the  subjects.  Such 
applicants  must  pass  an  examination  in  English,  the  principles  and  methods 
of  teaching  and  in  the  subjects  which  they  propose  to  teach.  The  major  high 
school  examination  in  the  latter  shall  be  required. 

32.  A  preliminary  examination  will  be  held  at  the  various  county 
seats  for  candidates  who  wish  to  show  that  they  possess  the 
equivalent  of  a  high  school  education.  Questions  for  such  exam¬ 
inations  and  rules  for  conducting  them  will  be  sent  to  county  superin¬ 
tendents  by  the  Examining  Board  upon  request. 

High  School  Equivalent:  An  applicant  for  a  first  grade  ele¬ 
mentary  certificate  who  is  not  a  graduate  of  a  recognized  four-year 


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high  school  shall  be  required  to  pass  an  examination  or  furnish  other 
satisfactory  evidence  of  the  equivalent  of  such  graduation. 

Such  applicant  may  be  admitted  to  the  examination,  but  no  first 
grade  certificate  shall  be  issued  upon  examination  until  the  applicant 
has  qualified  as  to  the  high  school  equivalent,  and  the  same  has  been 
approved  by  the  Examining  Board. 

Fifteen  secondary  or  high  school  units  for  this  purpose  shall  be 
the  equivalent  of  high  school  graduation.  A  unit  is  a  year’s  work  of 
daily  preparation  and  recitation. 

In  qualifying  for  the  high  school  equivalent  required,  the  appli¬ 
cant  may  receive  credit  from  his  first  grade  examination  as  follows : 


Eng-lish  .  2  units 

Alg-ebra  . ^ .  units 

General  history . 1  unit 

Botany  .  1  unit 

Zoology  .  1  unit 

Physics  .  . .  1  unit 

Physiog-raphy  .  1  unit 

Chemistry  . 1  unit 


The  applicant  may  make  additional  necessary  units  by  examina¬ 
tion  in  subject  chosen  from  the  following: 


American  literature .  I  unit 

English  literature .  1  unit 

English  history .  i  unit 

American  history . .  ^  or  1  unit 

Civics  .  i  unit 

Plane  geometry .  1  unit 

Solid  geometry .  i  unit 

Latin  (beginning) .  1  unit 

Caesar  .  1  unit 

German  (first  year) .  1  unit 

German  (second  year) . ;  .  .  ,  1  unit 

Botany  . . .  i  or  1  unit 

Zoology  . . .  I  or  1  unit 

Physics  .  1  unit 

Physiography  .  ^  or  1  unit 

Chemistry  .  1  unit 


In  such  examination  an  applicant  shall  not  choose  any  of  the  three 
sciences  which  he  has  written  upon  in  his  first  grade  examination. 

33.  In  the  examination  of  teachers  for  certificates  higher  than 
those  which  they  received  in  exchange  for  certificates  in  force  July  1, 
1914,  successful  experience  in  teaching  or  supervision  shall  be  accepted 
as  a  substitute  for  high  school  and  professional  training. 

Teachers  whose  certificates  were  obtained  by  exchange  and  who  desire 
to  offer  experience  in  teaching  or  supervision  as  a  substitute  for  high  school 
and  professional  training  as  authorized  by  Section  12  of  the  certificating  law 
will  be  admitted  to  the  examination  for  certificates  of  higher  grade  than  those 
received  in  exchange  upon  the  following  conditions : 

(a)  One  year  of  successful  experience  in  teaching  or  supervision  shall 
be  accepted  as  a  substitute  for  each  year  of  high  school  or  professional  train¬ 
ing  which  the  applicant  has  not  completed,  and  which  is  required  by  Section 
6  for  the  grade  of  certificate  applied  for. 

(b)  An  applicant  who  desires  to  pass  from  a  second  grade  (secured  by 
exchange)  to  a  first  grade,  and  who  has  completed  three  years  of  high  school 
work  will  be  required  to  offer  one  year  of  successful  experience  in  teaching 
or  supervision ;  if  only  two  years  of  high  school  work  has  been  done,  two 
years  of  successful  experience  in  teaching  or  supervision  will  be  required  ;  if 
only  one  year  of  high  school  work  has  been  done,  three  years  of  such  ex¬ 
perience  shall  be  required  ;  if  the  applicant  has  had  no  high  school  work,  four 
years  of  successful  experience  in  teaching  or  supervision  shall  be  required. 

(c)  An  applicant  who  desires  to  pass  from  a  first  grade  elementary 
certificate  (secured  by  exchange)  to  a  supervisory  or  high  school  certificate 
and  who  has  completed  one  year  of  work  in  a  recognized  normal  school  or 
college  will  be  required  to  offer  one  and  a  half  years  of  successful  experience 
in  teaching  or  supervision  ;  if  the  applicant  has  had  no  work  in  a  recognized 
normal  school  or  college,  three  years  of  successful  experience  in  teaching  or 
supervision  shall  be  required. 


34.  All  examinations  held  under  the  control  of  the  Illinois  State 
Examining  Board  are  set  for  Thursday  and  Friday.  The  dates  for  the 
next  three  examinations  are  as  follows : 

November  6  and  7,  1919. 

March  18  and  19,  1920. 

July  22  and  23,  1920. 

November  11  and  12,  1920. 


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